Past simple-vs-past-continuous
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The document summarizes the use of the past continuous and past simple tenses together. When an ongoing action in the past continuous (e.g. "was playing") is interrupted by a single action that occurred at the same time in the past simple ("arrived"), we use both tenses together ("When I arrived he was playing chess"). The document then provides examples for learners to practice this grammar concept.
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This document provides a review of verb tenses including exercises on the present simple, going to future, past simple, past continuous, past passive, and present perfect tenses. It contains examples of forming questions and negative statements, as well as exercises for learners to practice filling in verbs in the correct tense. The review covers key uses of these tenses and provides the answers to the exercises.
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1. A matching exercise with words related to leisure activities.
2. Sentence rewrites changing words in bold to related terms.
3. A dialogue to be completed with noun endings like "activities" and "arguments."
4. A word building activity with letters to form vocabulary like "ability" and "treatment."
5. Sentence completions using words from the previous activity.
6. Practice with verb-noun collocations like "take pictures" and "make meals."
7. Questions and short answers with present tense forms.
8. Rewrites with adverbs of frequency
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